Jim is assigned to look after an important gang informant's mother, who is in danger of being kidnapped by a vengeful gang leader.
When members of two feuding families decide to settle their differences with an old-fashioned duel, Jim ends up with a murder to investigate.
Phillipa, out on parole, decides to give Jim some unwanted help in finding a stolen horse.
A business acquaintance of Charlie's is suspected of insider trading.
A former Nazi who had been living underground since the end of the war surfaces in Jersey.
The discovery of a dead body in an empty cottage sparks off a nightmarish case for Jim and his partner, an unorthodox London detective.
Jim places his career in jeopardy while trying to help Charlie Hungerford.
Jim travels to Spain when Charlie calls seeking help in dealing with a small time crook who is trying to get Charlie to sell him part of his business.